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The Osceola times., 1887-03-26
MISCELLANEOUS.

DOMINION officials have seat sugge
tion TO London to have the fish dispute
with the United States settled by arbitra-
ton.
OK the 10th the upper Missouri and
other Northwestern rivers were reported
on big rise, and much overflow damage
was also reported
THE Boston District Telegraph messen-
ger boys struck on the 10th for an increase
of weekly wages from s40o to s450 a
week and half holiday on ST. Pa'rick's
Day.
THE colonial government OF Nova Scotia
is said TO be about 10 submit To IA popular
vote the question Of secession from Cana
da.
TuE Epssiag N,rs has investigated the
Dedham disaster, near Boston, and pro
nounces the bridge TO have been vcri'
table death trap
TnE press OF Germany takes u gloomy
view of the situation of affairs in Russia,
drawing conclusions from the late attempt
on the Cars life.
THE Morris a Essex Railroad Company
have about concluded to pay their State
taxes to New Jersey rather than run the
risk Of forfeiting their charter
OK the 10Th the proposition TO submit a
p-ohibitory amendment to the Constitu-
tion to vote OF the people OF Illinois nj
the next general election was sejected by
the House by vote OF . noes TO 6J yeas.
A WARRANT was issued at the Treasury
department on the 10th amounting Ia
81, ,30000o in favor Of the collector Of Gus
toms at New York to pay debentures and
drawbacks and refund excess OF deposits
for ur rascertained duties.
THE Comptroller of the Currency has au.
thorized the following National banks to
commence business: The Peoples
Bank of Lancaster, Pa, s2oJ,0)0 capital;
FIRST National Of Pratt, Kas., $1,000;
First National of Grass Valley, Cal, $50,
COO
OK the 10Th five county officials We're ar
raigned in court at Chicago, charged with
"boodhng."
ABOUT two hundred ana fifty section
hands employed on the Pittsburgh div.-
sion Of the Fort WAYNE railroad, struck on
the 10th for an advance in wages The
men were receiving sl..5 per day and
struck for sl.51 per day. IL is hardly
probable that they will be granted their
demand.
A NUMBER of suspicious looking men
have been lately making frequent visits
to the money vaults of the Treasury De
partment during the hours allowed for
public inspection. Such Of them as called
ON the 10th were notified that they must
not come again, and the officers in charge
Of the vaults have been instructed TO kesp
sharp lookout Oh visitors in the future.
The arbitration committee of the knit
goods manufacturers at Cohoes, " Y,
after conference with the knights OF
Labor committee on the 10th, notified the
latter that they woad no further consider
their proposition for new scale OF wages.
The scale was demanded for 10 00J opera
tives, and ihere is much anxiety AZ To the
rcsult Of its rejection.
TsE new Houthrsa Cotton Sccd Oi, Com
paay hes coatreete1 DIR aaif million dol
lans uoetA g nl6r11aaFy for lhoir <oG.
temrlq11 I 1llla = - cgtaoo lIe1ss
The Osceola times., 1887-03-26
False lseports.

BISMARCK, Oak, March 2l.-A Mandan
(Dak) correspondent telegraphs. The
report concerning the inundation Of
Mandan is utterly false. No water has
entered the streets from the Missouri or
Heart rivers, but anxiety prevails among
the Mandan inhabitants for fear Of dam
age TO the poor people living on the low
lands near Bismarck. Business is going
on a. csual. The only damage done had
been TO the ,restle work OF the bridge and
TO the track two miles east Of Mandan.
There is no te!egraphic communication
Jet between Mandan and the east A
party will cross the spmtc 'gei low lands
On the ice to-day,
The Osceola times., 1887-03-26
DARING ROBBERY.
A United states Paymaster Robber OF ST.
500 by Daring Cowboy. who Escaped
with Ills Booty.

oVu bN Daring NOWDoys WHO Escipeu
with Ills Booty.
DorGLAs, Wy. T., March 2l.-Particulars
are received here of the robbery of United
States Amy Paymaster ID. n Bush Of
$500 at Antelope Springs. Major Bush
was en- route to Fort Mckinney to pay off
troops there, and stopped at Antelope
Springs to eat dinner, leaving q valise
containing the money in coach which
stood few feet from the building, and in
plain view of the Major and his escort as
they sat at the table. During the progress
of the meal a stranger, who had arrived
at the station that morning, and was
present when the stage came, ran to the
vehicle and seized the valise, jumped on a
horse standing near, and was of
like the wind, The paymaster's
party sprang for their guns and
ran out firing several shots at the lying
desperate without effect. Mounting the
stage horses, they followed the fugitive,
who turned in his saddle and fired sever
al shots, which were returned by his pur-
suers with interest The robbers horse,
however, was far superior to those on
which the paymaster's party were mount
ed, and he was soon lost TO sight. The
thief is known to be cowboy named
Charles Parker, who has been until re-
Gently on ranch on Cheyenne river.
Major Bush, offers reward of 1000 for
the capture of the robber, or the return
of the money.
The Osceola times., 1887-03-26
He Didn't Have ANY.

A huckster from the market yester-
day halted farmer on Grand River
avenue with:
Hey, are you loaded with pro.
tluce ?n
"lIumphP" Sneercd the farmer rs he
pulled up. 1--WE don't grow any of that
stuff out our way
what do you grow?'
"Well, we dabblc more or less in
pro-juice, and I've got load of it
here. "
That's given me hint" said po.
tato-peddler who had stopped his ve-
hicle To make q dicker. 1--WE been
calling it 'proad-yuse' for the last
dozen years, and what must the critics
have thought of mel"-Detron Free
Press.
The Osceola times., 1887-03-26
A Mannsville On. W preach'

A Mannsville On. W preacher
who recently received half-fare pass
on the Ontario and Western railway
wrote back to the passenger agent;
"Your favorof the 18th inst. is received
containing clerical pass 80, for 1851
Many thanks for SO useful card
When il will be yours to board ipe
train to journey into the world oi the
unseen, may the General Passenger
Agent Of the Earth and Heaven AZ
Line, 1esus Christ, grant you . free
pass check xubscIibed with his oNe;
hand: G~tefally yours ~ X - n
The Osceola times., 1887-03-26

The opera mills in Europe must
have been running on full time last
year. The records show thirty-seven
new operas produced in Italy, twenty
eight in Germany a dozen or so in
France and halfa dozen or less in Eng.
land. From present appearances only
one--Goldmark's "Merlin''--will live,
and long existence even Of that IL
doubtful.
The Osceola times., 1887-03-26
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

FRANK A. ScoTT. the defaulting cashier
Of the publishing firm Of Webster a. Co,
of New York, has confessed TO Charles
l.. Webster at the county jail that he ap.
propriated 10 his own use S,5, ,O0) of the
firms money. The prisoner further said
that he would not resist any action taken
by the firm. He also expressed determi-
nation to make restitution.
Ok the nth an explosion Of gas occurred
10 the Conyngham mine Of the Delaware q
Hudson Coal Company at Wilkesbarre,
Pa -Four men were burned, two Of them,
IL 10 believed, fatally, Their names are
Jacob and Stephen Snyder, William Bloom
and William Thieman.
OsoAE Cook, who got himself into hot
water BY helping wittrock to dispose OF
the Doodle after the Frisco train robbery,
was arraigned in the Criminal Court At
Independence, No., on the nth. Cook
pleaded guilty to one count Ia the indict-
ment, and was sentenced TO three years
In the penitentiary.
In the Sing Sing IN. W pris :. convicts
10 the number Of seven hundre and over,
who are locked up for wan; u employ.
Dont - conaoQoence OF the expiration OF
~ &teFe naA ether contxacts ia.aibited BY
- ~ - t&ot tl1oy aro unslrrgoing I
= 8 = MAJ tem:s. ea1 cali
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09
THE LIGHT PROBLEM.
An Invention Which Promises to Solve the
Question of Cheap and Brilliant Light
for Household and Other Purposes.

An Invention Which Promises to Solve the
Question of Cheap and Brilliant Light
for Household and Other Purposes.
ST. Louis, April A syndicate of st.
Louis men recently organized a company
which promises to revolutionize the pres
ent mode of Illuminating residences. If
the object desired is accomplished there
will be a slump in gas stocks and
bulge in ''electricn paper. The company
has been organized for the
purpose of distributing a cheap.
durable and satisfactory electric
light to dwelling houses, and the plan of
distribution is the same as exemplified by
the Julien motor, i. e., storage battery sys-
tenn. Mr. Tripp, the electrician of the new
company, and under whose patents the
tests will be made, has fitted up room in
the Merchants Exchange with the various
electric lights now in use, and displays
the method by which the company
proposes 10 furnish dwellings, halls,
churches, theaters, etc, and do it much
cheaper and better than can be done
by any gas company. The batteries, Mr..
Tripp explained, are so constructed as to
retain heavy charge of electricity.
These will be charged by the company
and placed in dwellings together with all
fixtures required. The current will be
low tension, the battery being so con-
structed as to return the maximum of
electricity and the maximum of tension.
1t will take two or three weeks of ordina-
ry dwelling-house consumption to dis
charge battery, and then it will be taken
out and replaced by a charged battery. 1t
is alleged that there is not the slightest
danger from wires or battery, and that
with the aid of small motor sewing ma
chimes, etc, can be run by the electric
current. Any kind Of light can be fur
nished-E iison, Swan or Sun. The latter,
which IS better adapted to dwellings,
WILL he thinks become the most popular.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

THREE men charged with counterfeitina
were arrested in Franklin county, Ala, on
| the 9th. They made and are supposed to
| have circulated extensively in the South a
| first-rate counterfeit Of the silver dollar.
| SAM SMALL, the co-worker of Sam Jones
| is reported dying at his home In Alta lta.
| AT Dubuque, Ia, on the 4th, the knights
of Labor ticket made full sweep, elect
| ing every man on the city ticket and every
| Alderman. 1t was complete revolution
and surprise.
WIN. KELLEY, horse thief, escaped
from Jail at Helena, Ark, on the 3D., by
through the door.
A COMPANY composed of Cincinnati,
Nashville, Louisville and Chattanooga
capitalists, has purchased $4,000 acres OF
mine raj lands at Alardt, Tenn.
| GEORGE K. SIsTARE & Son, the Broad
street brokers, have been notified that their
Detroit agent, Alexander M. Stanton, has
left for parts unknown. An accountant
has been sent to Detroit, and is now exam
lining the books of Mr.. Stanton. From all
indications it seems that there is short.
age of $4,000.
IT is stated, on what is believed to be
trustworthy authority, that there will soon
be published novel on Washington So
ciety from the pen of Mrs. Gen. Logan.
| The manuscript is complete and ready for
the printer.
THE Interstate Commerce Commission
began active work on the I'd.
PRESIDENT GARRETT has issued circu-
lar requesting the return of all interstate
passes on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road.
The Texas Senate, on the I'd, by vote
of 80 to 5, refused to adopt concurrent
resolution legislating District Judge Frank
Willis out of office. The resolution had
PASSED the Lower House ON charges pre-
ferred by the eAttorney-General,a alleging
that Judge Willis, by his rulings from the
bench and completely with certain large
ranch owners in the Panhandle, had rem
dered nugatory the operations Of the land
inclosure law.
THREE persons who were concerned in
the attempt to assassinate the Gear by
means of bombs in st. Petersburg on
March 18th, were hanged on the 30th.
Twenty more officers in various branches
of the service have been arrested in con-
nection with the attempt made against the
life of the Czar.
IT is estimated that the recent enact
ment of Congress giving the United States
Circuit Courts jurisdiction in civil cases
only when the amount involved is $1,000 or
over. will take from the docket of the
United States Court at Oxford, Miss,
about go or 70 per cent. OF its civil cases.
AN extra session OF Congress viii prob.
ably be called for October 1st.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09
WOULD RATHER NOT.
The President Sizes Up John l.. Sullivan,
and Concludes to Decline the Latter's
PrOffered Services.

The President Sizes Up John L. Sullivan,
and Concludes to Decline the Latter's
Proffered Services.
WASHINGTON, April 4-The Pres ident
shook hands with John L. Sullivan this
afternoon, and held brief conversation
with the famous knocker-out and his man
ager, MIR. Pat Sheedy. About three hun
dred people had already been greeted by
the President, when Mr.. Sheedy ap-
preached and said: ''Mr President, l want
to introduce Mr.. Sullivan, who is anxious
to have the honor of shaking hands with
you. If you should wish any suggestions
in way of exercise, he'd be just the man
to give them. know he would cure you
of any unhealthiness arising from want Of
exercise"
81 am glad to meet Mr.. Sullivan" said
the President, with a smile, as he glanced
admiringly at him HE is not as large
man as l expected to see, but think Pll
try and cure myself"
While standing on the portico of the
White House waiting for a carriage to
drive up Sullivan, brawny, rugged and
clear skinned, said:
'sThere's one thing the President ought
to have and that is course of Turk
ish baths, give him line of them for
couple of months and a goo rubbing down
two or three times week and he'd be
new man, and l know it. SO long-rm
going for bit Of ride-see you to-
night"
Boston's fighting hero and his half score
of assistant sluggers of lesser fame, give
an exhibition here this evening.
1t was the opinion of those who saw the
President to-day that he never looked bet
ter. He seems to have grown thinner in
the past month. The clear eye and
healthy look on the cheek indicate that he
is in perfect health, very practical con-
tradiction of all stories of possible indis-
position
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09
She Shirked Her RESPONSIBILITIES.

LANCASTER, Pa, April 4-Mrs. Lizzie
shirk, wife Of Fl. Z. Shirk, Of Ephrata,
this county, and Peter Eater eloped on
Saturday, and have not been seen since.
On Friday the woman was in this city,
and told persons that she was visiting
relatives. She said, however, that
she was here procuring money
to take the trip On Satur-
day morning she and Eater both
took the train and went to Reading, ac-
companied by man named Joseph Sharp.
The husband pursued his wife as far as
Reading. but there lost all trace OF her. 1t
is believed the runaways have gone to
New York. Mrs Shirk, is a woman of pre-
possessing appearance, and left five child
rem, uevf whom is but few months old.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09
IMPORTANT EVIDENCE.

The Testimony of Miss Emma Lewis, Who
Saw Watt and Schwartz Dividing Their
Iil-Gotten Wealth, and Overheard a Por-
tion of Their Conversation.
NORRIS, ILL.,, April 4-The te stimony in
the trial Of Schwartz and Watt this morn
ing was quite tame, but there was a stir
in the courtroom in the afternoon, when
Miss Emma Lewis, of Chicago, took the
stand, for it was known that she is one of
the strongest witnesses for the prosecu-
tion. After relating IN detail the appa-
rent change from comparative poverty to
aff1uence in the condition and CIR
cumstances of the Schwartz family, the
witness testified that one evening in July
last she went to Sch wartz's house, and
while sitting in room with Mrs.
Schwartz Watt came in and held consul
tation in an adjoining room with
Schwartz. Mrs. Schwartz went to the
room for few moments and the witness
went to the door, which was slightly ajar,
and listened. She heard Schwartz say:
''You want to shove all the suspicion on
me-"
Watt replied: "No, 1 don't. You are
safe. Your father is rich, and you can
account for your money"
The next she could distinguish was
Schwartz saying:
why did you not bring me two fifties
instead of this hundreds"
To which Watt replied: at was dark
when got it and took the first | came
tor
Schwartz said he had not spent any hun
dred-dollar bills yet At this point, the
witness testified, she was interrupted by
the return of Mrs. Schwartz, and shortly
Of ri Mott opd Gnhrya ~ 1aF he
house together. Miss Lewis stood very
rigid cross-examination in manner high
ly satisfactory to the prosecution.
At five o'clock court adjou rned until to-
morrow
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

A@tOtal redemption Of trade dollars,
.',fllng to the latest returns, amounts
Ss9''So The .redemptions are slow
co:.a sr'@seate that there are less of those
+ ~, !. IvSstence than was first supposed.
e.-' . nV% %nought that the entire redemp-
man 0s WILL not exceed S6,OOO,O)O or ST.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

SHcRETARY WHITNEY has approved tn e
|aOrt Of the board appointed to select the
| aS Tor the two new dry docks au-
9rl7cd by the last Congress. The do cks
4 be located at tn e New York and Nor
AAyards, and will be built by contract
me general plan of the Simpson dry
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

u ANTOINE, a member of the Reichstag
linn Alsace-Lorraine, has been expelled
that country by the German Govern
IfE and escorted across the frontier.
|@ expulsion has greatly incensed the
IaVaace Of Paris and France generally.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

SENTIMENT in Canada is reported to be
Tstalzing strongly against the govern
lsnts Anti-Balt bill. 1t is claimed that
Mmeasure will prove more detrimental
tCanada than to Americans.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

EHpHATIc denlals are made of the re-
prs of exSecretary Manning's serious
less in England. He is said to have
Eatly improved since his arrival in Lon
b. At last accounts he was staying at
Endale Hall. Bournemouth.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

"o CaRlSTIAN OF Denmark has been
@~Su s,. from st. Petersburg that anoth-
n, ,+s,uycessful ~ attempt has been made
I9 tlar's life. News has also been
kSs Gt sC u tne discovery of conspiracy
Ts: seaucasus. One hundred officers of
sar' 1's garrison have been arres ted for
~slcl'y in the plot.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

ION ln.sSioNER SPARKS of the General
49,. 'I7 mas issued an order creating
49, W.. ooaFd to which all contest cases
-. rrlluss' or hereafter arising, in the
% %suoa and public lands divisions,
h, 'terfed for examination and de-
h nnef aI'ef action is taken by this
III ! FJa tn contest case, it will go to the
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09
Compiled frem varisus ssurceA

,u SECRETARY MANNING's health is re-
.aJ nA,5 IN have grown worse since his ar
rval in England.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

.r,-xrss in the Haddock murder trial
=, Sionx CITY, Ia, testified on the I'd that
~ w. - aavitt fire the fatal shot.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

IHE lnter-State Commerce Commission
Fgcing to have its hands full. Georgia
Fresentatives, who were first to tender
|agratulatlons on the passage of the
are also first to discover that the
tessarily revised freight tariffs are GO
StOwork ruin to the Southern shippers.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

H. ysa.ty Of VIM. K'ssane. the fu-
s,bi..a S.~ York forger, who disappeared
arms' years ago, seems to be settled
ss,mSiu saiu h Rogers, wealthy ranch
lge Nv bS'aoma County, Cal. He is said
ss,,~ 4 ''ea one of General Walkers fill
"a ers,ss : party IN Nicaragua, and to have
sar s,.;l ;alciamulated wealth by lucky
''Uise in Nevada.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

PRECAUTIONARY movements in Bulgaria
oro w. Incoming alarmingly frequent, the
+ards If Russian emissaries being plainly
n;sihro rberever trouble occurs.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

ru. ,otal debt of the United States is
.ow 81 .7o8, 2O7.5l3.6i 1t was decreased
1urinc su% March s12,S0S 1911.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

1,vrs F. ROBINSON, of Fargo, Oak. has
,san r disbarred from practising as an at
.srnav .r.,, before the Interior Department,
he bureaus and local Offices.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

FORMAL complaint has been made to the
CvLService Commission against Collec-
|nl Seeburger, of Chicago, charging him
with violation of the law. He will have a
|Faring about April -.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

ups GENERAL LOGAN is said to have
.rrnpd authoress, a novel from her pen
rn Washington society beng in readiness
n co;oto the hands of the printer.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

c,cDvr.RY LAMAR has asked for troops
=. Gent y" cont TO Oklahoma to keep out the
.S.oo+sned " ~ invasion of boomers this
enriup
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

THE comments of the London papers on
heuew Land bill, and on the popular
feeling over proposed coercion legislation,
Genot very encouraging to the govern
n9nt side.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

News rsof disasters to sealing vessels off
Newfoundland continues to be received,
and il is estimated that the loss of life
will aggregate several hundred persons.
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

mi the opinion in European diplomatic
circles that the Gar of Russia will soon
Be driven into war if for no other reason
than to divert the attention Of internal ag-
rs.orc
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

'A.lar Ia. I.lias ter-General has issued a
s9an " 70 postmasters calling at
PER- sra. e advantages of the special
3 is ne" ,s.ein and urging then: to COM
Espea G :. 70 the public as worthy of
EGe e,d us value, he says, will grow
~ Of n, IN OF its business, every in
Rs Of n ippasronage bringing with it the
increased efficiency
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

\ as na,,'' 'ThADwIoK, who has been on
sso in ~ - attache of the American
.s&e AMI a1,pHuon, arrived in Washing
s,staen, VI, ID ana reported at the Naval
S&e den,!nls nls business is to consult
seaction ~ ot '.lent in reference to the
VI d, ~ mS. VI the new 5000 ton arm ored
Ssld infonn cn he has been collecting
formation in Eurone
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

|saa for IoSse Ii"Ss Board has completed
s~srtF On Poais s the Bartholdi sta tue
Ny be placos osloe's Island. A strong
(s.tlect lectrie p,1gea liee in the torch, five add,
n ne nakinss saIs us will be placed around
and a nu, unlfteen of such lights
tsSs.sill be mum humber of incandescen t
~ The paced Iias. in the interior Of th the
y S4 be one 80 80 70 be placed in the
CSstsiu t5 the Of of. the most powerful
Huntsville gazette., 1887-04-09

The Testimony of Miss Emma Lewis, Who
Saw Watt and Schwartz Dividing Their
Iil-Gotten Wealth, and Overheard a Por-
ton of Their Conversation.